Active Anode Material From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-194] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that active anode material from the People's Republic of China (China) is being, or likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2024, through September 30, 2024. DATES: Applicable February 17, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla or Jacob Keller, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3477 and (202) 482-4849, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 22, 2025, Commerce published the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register , in which we also postponed the final determination until December 4, 2025. 1 ( printed page 7248) We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days. [ 2 ] Additionally, due to a backlog of documents that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in admini…